Planning Cities in Africa : Current Issues and Future Prospects of Urban Governance and Planning / edited by Genet Alem Gebregiorgis, Stefan Greiving, Ally Hassan Namangaya, Wilbard Jackson Kombe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alem Gebregiorgis, Genet.

Contributor:

Gebregiorgis, Genet Alem.

Greiving, Stefan.

Namangaya, Ally Hassan.

Kombe, Willibard J.

Series:

The Urban Book Series, 2365-7588

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban policy.

Sustainability.

Political science.

Urban Policy.

Governance and Government.

Local Subjects:

Urban Policy.

Sustainability.

Governance and Government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 243 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed. 2022.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access book provides insights into challenges, threats and opportunities of urban development in Africa. It discusses how and why African cities need localised urban planning concepts and theories to deal with challenges and threats of rapid urbanisation and climate change. The book delivers an in-depth view of the nature and gaps of the framework on which current planning practice and education in Africa are based. With that, it discusses the potentials of African cities to mobilise local knowledge, resources and capacity building for sustained and resilient urban growth. This work is addressed to educationists and practitioners in the field of urban development management, climate change adaptation and urban resilience. Specifically, such audiences include researchers, spatial planners, graduate students and member of civil societies working on urban development management.

Contents:

Planning cities in Africa – Current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning: An introduction

Part I: Planning theories and models - Application and local challenges

The State, trust and cooperation: Local government-residents’ joint neighbourhood upgrading initiatives in Addis Ababa

Street vending in downtown Rabat: In resistance to imported urban models

Revisiting stokes’ theory of slums – Towards decolonised housing concepts from the Global South

Part II: The state of planning education and planning capacity

In a state of flux: Urban planning programmes in Asia and Africa

Climate change adaptation and planning education in Southern Africa

Is climate change knowledge making a difference in urban planning and practice: Perspectives from practitioners and policy makers in Tanzania Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert

Contributions of local authorities to community adaptive capacity to impacts of climate change; A case study of sea level rise in Pangani Division, Pangani District

Part III: Participatory and multi-level governance approach toward current urban challenges

Qualities of urban planning and the conflict between participatory planning and planning standards: Evidence from Ethiopia

Complementing or conflicting rationalities? How self-production practices in collective space can shape urban planning. Insights from Maputo City

Translating globalised ideals into local settings: The actors and complexities of post-settlement water infrastructure planning in urban Ghana.

ISBN:

3-031-06550-6